National Animal Identification and Tracing Act 2012 (No. 2 of 2012).

Subject: Livestock, Food & nutrition
Keyword: Traceability/product tracing Institution Public health Hygiene/sanitary procedures Food quality control/food safety Animal health Animal production Marking/identification
Geographical area: Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Oceania, South Pacific
Entry into force notes: Sections 26, 29, 30(1)(b), 31, 32, and 33 come into force on the earlier of the following: (a) a date to be fixed by the Governor-General by Order in Council; and 1 or more Orders in Council may be made bringing these provisions into force on different dates: (b) 1 November 2012. Section 30(1)(a) comes into force on 1 July 2012. Schedule 1, in relation to a species listed in that schedule, comes into force on the earlier of the following: (a) the date to be fixed by the Governor-General by Order in Council made under section 67(1) in relation to the species: (b) 1 March 2013. The rest of this Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

Abstract: The purpose of this Act, consisting of 5 Parts and four Schedules, is to establish an animal identification and tracing system that: (a) provides for the rapid and accurate tracing of individual, or groups of, NAIT animals from birth to death or live export; and (b) provides information on the current location and movement history of individual, or groups of, NAIT animals; and (c) improves biosecurity management; and (d) manages risks to human health arising from residues in food, food-borne diseases, and diseases that are transmissible between animals and humans; and (e) supports improved animal productivity, market assurances, and trading requirements.
Full text: English
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References - Legislation

Repeals

Legislation | New Zealand | 1993

Keyword: Marking/identification, Registration, Data collection/reporting, Dangerous animal/harmful animal

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

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